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Auction: 19056 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part III
Lot: 5030

Chungking
Postage Dues
Handstamped Overprints
Overprint with Smaller Letters: 4ca. blue with the words "postage/due" written in manuscript, cancelled by Chungking boxed datestamp dated 1896 (?) (17 Apr.); the ink lettering shows clearly through to the reverse. Fine and rare. Photo

provenance:
E.N. Lane, October 1997

Elling O. Eide, November 2014

Estimate
HK$3,000 to HK$4,000